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J. DUXBURY. MACHINE FOR MARKING FOLDED WOVEN GOODS WITH TRADE MARKS, 8w.

Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

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J. DUXBURY. MACHINE FOR MARKING FOLDED WOVEN GOODS WITH TRADE MARKS, 850.

. llhuirn STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JOHN DUXBURY, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO G. do R. DEWHURST, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR MARKING FOLDED WOVEN GOODS WITH TRADEMARKS, dc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,212, dated March 1'7, 1891. Application filed January 4, 1889. Serial No. 295,438. (No model.) Patented in England December 6, 1879, No. 4,998.

To all w/wm it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN DUXBURY, merchant, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and residingat Manchester, county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Marking Folded W'oven Goods with Trade-lllarks and other Marks and Devices, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 4,998, dated December 6, 1879,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the marking of folded woven goods in the piece as, for example, to the marking of cotton piece goods. Such goods are generally marked on the outside fold of the piece with a trade-mark, and in most cases with additional marks or numbers. Previously to my invention the said marks have been impressed upon the piece by means of stamps or blocks charged with color and operated by hand. To render the operation more expeditious and to obtain a superior effect are the objects of my invention. To this end I employ revolving engraved or prepared rollersin lieu of the said stamps, and I arrange for the pieces of goods to be fed through a machine in which they receive the impressions from the rollers.

In a machine designed for the purposes of my invention a bed-roller and a markingroller are mounted in a suitable framing, the marking-roller being pressed toward the bedroller by m eans of a yielding load. The marking-roller is engraved or prepared with the required designs or marks c'nt'ntaglio or in relief, as may be most suitable to the obtainment of the desired effect, and is supplied with color by ordinary or suitable means. The pieces of goods are fed up to the rollers by means of an endless lattice-apron, which is actuated in unison with the rollers, and is formed or furnished with ledges, stops, or guides, to insure the correct laying of the pieces, so as to cause the design to be printed in correct position on the pieces.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a cross-sectional elevation of my marking-machine. Fig. 2is a back elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a View of the cam for imparting motion to the color-trough. Fig. 4 is a modification of the construction and action of the apron. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side view of the color-trough and doctor. Fig. 6 is an enlarged rear view of the same, also showing the actuating-oam. Fig. 7 shows an enlarged top View of the cam. Fig. 8 represents in section the manner in which the guides at are adj ustably secured upon the belt 50.

In the drawings, a a are two standards, which are suitably connected together by means of tie-rods to form the framing of the machine. In each standard is formed a slot, in which are fitted bearings for the journals of two rollers 19 and c. The roller b is made of copper or other suitable metal or material, and is engraved, out, or formed with the desired designs. The roller 0 is the bed-roller, which sustains the piece of goods against the pressure of the marking-roller. The rollerbearings are fitted to slide in the slots in the standards, the bearings of the bed-roller being sustained by screws (1, which are provided with hand-wheels, in order that they may be readily turned, so as to raise or lower the bearings, as may be desired. The bearings of the upper roller are sustained by screwse, which engage with nuts f, which are mounted in levers g. The upper marking-roller is sustained in its bearings so as not to drop onto the lower roller in the intervals between the passage of the pieces of goods between the rollers. Each lever g is hinged by one end to the framing, and is jointed at the other end to a connecting link or rod h, which extends to a second lever 1'. Each lever iis hinged by one end to the framing, and sustains at the other end a load 70. The levers g and i are so proportioned as to multiply the gravity of the load, so as to exert a powerful downward pressure upon the journals of the upper roller, as will be well understood. The distance of the two rollers may be regulated by turning the screws 6. Upon one of the journals of the upper roller is fixed a spur-wheel Z, with which gears a pinion which is fixed upon a driving-shaft m, which is provided with fast and loose pulleys n, which furnish means whereby the rollers may receive motion. The two rollers are connected together by means of spur-wheels 0 0, which are fixed upon the respective journals and.

gear together, so that the two rollers are caused to revolve with a uniform surface speed. A doctorp is applied to the upper roller. This doctor is held by a metal clamp p, which is formed with end pivots, which are mounted in bearing-blocks a", which are carried by projections formed on or fixed to the upper rollerbearings. Each block '1" can be adj u stedwith regard to its distance from the roller by means of a screw. The doctor-clamp p is furnished with weighted arms g, which tend to press the edge of the doctor against the surface of the roller. The doctor is suitably packed at each end, or is provided with end pieces formed of felt or other suitable elastic material, or faced with such material on the sides which are toward the roller, whereby is formed an open trough in which a supply of color or printing or marking composition may be placed. A to and fro eudwise movement is imparted to the doctor and clamp or color trough by means of a cam 1, which is fixed on one of the journals of the lower roller, and is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and shown separately in Fig. 3. This cam 1 acts upon a bowl 2 upon a lever 3, to which is jointed one end of a rod 3, which is connected by the other end to the doctor-clamp. The arrangement is adapted for the cases wherein a marking-roller formed with an engraved or sunk design is employed. As the roller revolves, the color enters into the sunk lines forming the design, the doctor preventing the transmission of color by the smooth surface of the roller. I prefer to apply a brush or cleaning-rubber (indicated by a) to the roller. In the example a brush is hinged to blocks which are adjustable upon the roller-bearin gs, as in the case of the doctor-clamps. The brush is caused to press upon the surface of the roller, (so as to clean the same,) by means of screws '1 which bear upon the roller-bearings and engage with arms projecting from the brush, or any other suitable means for effecting the same object may be used. Brackets at on the standards a carry the bearings of two shafts w 10, upon which are fixed wheels, rollers, or parts which sustain and give motion to an endless aprongr. In the example the shaft w is connected by means of spur-gearing y with the shaft of the upper roller, so that when the said roller revolves the upper surface of the apron is caused to travel toward the rollers. The apron is furnished with guides 00. These guides are simply screwed to the wood slats of the belt 00 by means of ordinary screws, and can be removed from one slat and screwed onto anotherslat quite independently of the adjustment of the belt x. The machine is used in the following manner: The pieces of goods to be marked (indicated by A) are placed successively upon the apron with one edge of the piece in contact with or at an arranged distance from the guides 00'. Each piece so placed is carried forward by the apron until it is seized by the rollers, which then carry the piece onward, at the same time imprinting the design upon the piece, the adjusted position of the guides 50 causing the design to be correctly placed upon the piece. The piece so marked passes onto a sloping table .2 or onto a suitable receivingtable or part, from which it may be removed by an attendant. I may modify the construction and action of the apron-as, for example, I may employ an apron formed of leather, felt, or other suitable material, and arranged for the upper carrying surface to pass with the piece between the two rollers, and to deliver the piece at the back of the machine, the apron returning below the bed-roller to the front of the machine, as shown at Fig. 4. The apron may carry any suitable indications in lieu of the projecting guides 51;.

What I claim is 1. In apparatus for marking folded woven piece goods with trade marks and other marks and devices, the combination of the marking-roller b, supplied with color from the color-trough, with the bedroller and the endless traveling apron m, having the adjustable guides or," for carrying forward the folded pieces to the rollers, substantially as described and shown.

2. In apparatus for the purpose set forth, the combination of the marking-roller Z), supplied with color, the bed-roller c, and the endless traveling apron 00, having a supporting and actuating roller upon each side of said bed-roller c, and passing with the goods between the two rollers, and holding and supporting the goods beneath the point where the impression takes place, substantially as set forth.

3. In apparatus for the indicated purpose, the combination of the traveling apron 0c, the rollers b and c, the screws d and e, nuts 7, engaged by the latter, the presser-levers g, mounted on said nuts, rod h, levers t', and the delivery-table z, substantially as described and shown.

4. In apparatus for the indicated purpose, the combination of the roller 1'), the trough, the weighted arms q, and the doctor 29 with the cam 1, the bowl 2, the lever 3, and the rod 8 for actuating the color-trough, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

.I. DUXBURY.

\Vitnesses: v

EDWARD K. DUTTON, FREDK. DILLON.

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